William brenton



. W. BR-ENT'O-N. Fastenerfor Meeting-Railg of Sashes,

Patnted'Feb..10,

WASHINGTON. D C.

N. PETERS, PHOTO UTHDGRAF lowing is a specification.

UNITED ST T S PATENT OF ICE.

. WILLIAM BRENTON, ORPQLBA'IHIO, sr. GERMANS, ENGLAND.

FASTENE'R FOR MV'EYETJNMG-RAILSOF SASHES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 224,324, dated February 10, 1880.

Application filed July 15, 1879. Patented in England, April 4, 1879.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM BRENTON, of lolbathic, St. Germans, in the county of Cornwall, England, have inyented certain Improvements in Bolts or Fastenings, of Whichthe fol- This invention relatesto improvements in or additions to my improved safety-bolt or lock-pin for which Letters Patent were granted to me, dated May 20, 1879, No. 215,503, the object of the present improvements or additions being to render my improved bolt suitable for a sash-fastener, and also as a bolt or fastening for the doors of railway wagons or trucks and the like; but to make my invention betterunderstood I will proceed to describe the same by reference to the accompanyin g drawings, in' which Figures 1, 2, and 3 are plans of my-improved sash-fastener, showing the same open,

partly closed, and entirelyclosed, respectively;

Fig. 4 front view of Fig.1, and Fig. 5 front view of the staple of the sash-fastener. V

In Figs. 1 to 5, a is the rod or bolt, with hooked end g,- b, a sleeve provided with an eccentric part or flange, b, fiXedon the plate 0, the said parts being constructed as described in the specification of my former Letters Patcut; but I now form the outer end of the bolt a with a projection or hook, e, and Iconstruct the box or keeper d, formed on the plate d, (screwed to the meeting-rail of the uppersash,) with an eccentric opening, f, as shown in Fig. 5, the inner face of the part h of the staple being inclined, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 1, for the purpose hereinafter described.

The two parts of the sash-fastening being screwed to the meeting-rails of the sash, as

shown in the drawings, and the parts being in the position shown in Fig. lthat is, the fastening being open-then, to close the fastenin g, the bolt dis pushed forward by its knob A into the position shown in Fig.- 2, the hookedend 0 passing into the keeper or box (I through the opening f, and the bolt on is now turned half a revolution into the position shown in Fig. 3, and the rhook a will engage with the inner and inclined face of the keeper (1, so that the bolt cannot be withdrawn without being .first moved. back into the position shown in Fig. 2; and-inclosing the bolt it will be observed that the inclined face of the staple will act'as a cam in combination with the hook 6, so that the closing of the bolt will draw the two meeting-rails of the sash together.

Instead of forming the keeper d with an inclined face, I sometimes form the eccentric Having thus described my said inventionand the best means I am acquainted with for carrying the same into effect, I Wish it to be understood that I do not confine myself to the precise details herein laid down and shown in the drawings, as the same may be varied without deparlin g from the peculiar character of the invention but What I do claim is.

The sash-fastener described, consisting of the box or keeper d, provided with an eccentric o.pening,f, and an inclined inner face, the sleeve 1), provided with an eccentric part or flange, b, and the bolt to, provided with the hooks e and 9, these parts being combined forth.

. I BRENTON.

Witnesses; 7

J AMES R. Donn, v A FREDK.YW. MURRAY, Clerks to Thomas Wolferstan, Notary Public,

Plymouth.

sleeve 1) with an inclined face, but inclined in and operating substantially as shown and set 

